The latter blog provided the answer to a question that Perry’s campaign spokesman Robert Black didn’t know: How did Perry and Smith become friends, anyway?

NC Rumors’ Jason Moir reported that Smith said the two met at CPAC earlier this year and hit it off in minutes. “We discovered we had similar views on conservative issues and similar backgrounds as well. We both grew up on farms and both served in the military.”

Added Perry, “And it helped that he wore cowboy boots and I wore cowboy boots too.”